Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 2 February 1961 — Page 1

Vol. LIX. No. 27.

Reapportion Bill Defeated

INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — Immediate legislative reapportionment for Indiana was dealt what may have been a death blow today by a roll call vote which could result in Democratic loss of control in the Senate: Sen. Merrett R. Monks, a Winchester Democrat who once served as a Republican in the House, switched from the majority ranks to the minority Rpublican side on an enumeration bill to pave the way for 1961 reapportionment. This created a 25-25 tie. Lt. Gov. Richard O. Ristine then exercised his right to decide the issue as presiding officer in the Senate, and broke the tie with a vote to defeat the measure. Senate leaders immediately speculated that the defeat of the bill ended the chance of reapportionment this session and postponed it at least to 1963, if not 1965. Sen. Roy Conrad, R-Monticello, said it was the “last gasp” for the plan. A Senate parliamentarian said it might be possible to recall’ the . bill for another try at passage, but Monks or a Republican would have to make the move and this seemed unlikely. Hie action appeared to have enhanced the chances of passage by this session of the legislature a plan to fulfill the reapportionment obligation of the Constitution in 1965. rather than in 1961. A bill encompassing that plan came out of committee in the House this morning, and a committee recommendation that it be passed Was accepted. Monks said he voted against the bill, which would have set up an enumeration committee to get the population basts for apportionment this year, because Sen. Nelson Grills, D-Indianapolis, the legislature's strongest advocate Os immediate reapportionment, would not go along with a plan for leaving the Senate districts as they are and change the House only on a basis of population. Grills, who suffered a setback when the bill was defeated, threatened to become a “rebel Democrat” for the remainder of the session. The House adopted by voice vote a resolution brought out with a favorable tag on it from the House Legislative Apportionment Committee. There were shouts of “no" from some Democratic minority members, but Speaker Richard Guthrie ruled the ayes had it. Democratic members of the committee did not hand out a minority report proposing indefinite postponement of the measure, indicating there was favor for a reapportionment plan described by some as a compromise between the divergent views of the two parties. But whether this lack of opposition had significance remained to be seen. It was considered possible the House minority was willing to let the Democratic-controlled Senate struggle with the. controversiaL issue; Ih the Senate a bill to establish an enumzrating committee to pave the way for reapportionment this session of the legislature was up for a final showdown in the house of origin today. The chief Democratic plan has been to reapportion now instead of waiting four years, which would be the necessary procedure if the chief Republican plan to * amend the Constitution were enacted. Under this plan, two successive biennial legislatures would have to approve, in 1961 and 1963,

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and voters in 1964 would have to decide the issue at a referendum. Then the 1965 legislature could effect the reapportionment. Governor Responsible Under terms of the compromise measure now on the House floor, the governor would be responsible for reapportioning In the event of failure of the 1965 legislature and a safeguard committee to carry out the mandate. The plan worked out by the committee headed by Rep. Van Smith, R-Muncie, calls for the Senate to remain as it is, made up of legislative districts, and for the House to be apportioned on the basis of population once every 10 years. The federal census would be used for determining population. The plan as worked out by the committee, which considered several bills, sets up a five-member safeguard committee which would function in event the legislature failed to take reapportionment action. i ■ The safeguard committee would consist of two senators and two representatives, a Republican and a Democrat from each house, and a fifth member appointed by the governor who would serve as chairman. Safeguard Committee The committee would be charged with the responsibility of carrying out reapportionment of the House if the legislature did not act by 1965 or if it failed to reapportion following any future 10-year census. The measure to be reported out of committee is an amended version of HJR2, introduced by Rep. Ralph Waltz. R-Hagerstown. and Rep. Charles Kirk.. D-Floyd Knobs. , _ Rep.- William Babincsak, DMunster, said after the meeting he felt the minority Democrats on the committee would not bring out a minority report recommending indefinite postponement of the measure. This indicated the plan is considered as a compromise between the Republican and Democratic versions of reapportionment. < —- Revenue Plan Near Meanwhile, the controversial revenue-raising plan backed by Governor Welsh was slated for introduction in the House, accompanied by a challenge to Republicans to offer an alternative if (Continued o~ page six)

Anti-Lottery Bill Submitted In Senate INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Churchgoers and reputable business men may face the prospect of imprisonment for six months under the terms of an anti-lottery bill introduced late Wednesday in the Indiana Senate. The bill makes it a criminal offense to “sell, or offer any real estate, article or merchandise or any ticket of admission to anyplace of amusement with a promise expressed or implied to give any article of value." Many church, charitable and fraternal groups raise funds by selling chances on merchandise. Business firms often use the offer of tickets to some show or entertainment as an inducement to potential customers. Drawings at which real estate lots or houses are given away have been held by other firms as a promotion gimmick. <. The bill was introduced by Sen. Nelson Grills, D-Indianapolis.

Co-chairmen Are Reappointed For Red Cross Drive Homer Winteregg, of Monroe, and Silvan Sprunger, of Monroe township, have again been named co-chairmen of the 1961 Red Cross rural fund drive during the month of March, Wilbur Petrie, county Red Cross president, announced today. The co-chairmen have now appointed their township chairmen, and ask that each township chairman, and as many section chairmen as possible, attend the organization meeting next Tuesday at 7:30 p. m. in the Adams Central school cafeteria. Township Chairmen Township chairmen are: Preble— Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hildebrand. Root—Mr. and Mrs. Otto Boerger. Union — Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Fuelling. Kirkland—Mr. and Mrs. Robert Weber. • Washington—Mr. and Mrs. Russel Mitchel. Blue Creek—Elisha Merriman. Monroe—Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Yoder and Chris Inniger. French —Mr. and Mrs. Menno Augsburger. Hartford—Mr. and Mrs. Ralph MlDer. Wabash—Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan Vauman. Jefferson—Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Luginbill. Geneva—Walter Mute. Monroe—Otto Longenberger. Linn Grove—Mrs. Robert Striker. Pleasant Mills — Mrs. Albert Davison. Chairmen for St. Mary’s township and for the town of Monmouth have not yet been secured. Two Films The co-chairmen will preside at the meeting, which will include distribution of supplies. Two films win be shown, and the first will explain the easy way for township and section workers to accomplish their goals. The second film, “Meanwhile. Back on Earth . . . ’’ explains with glimpses into the past and the Civil War era. “that human problems existed then, are with us today. and wiU still exist in the space age future.” Ted Malone narrates the film, which lasts about 15 minutes. About 15 slides of the local bloodmobile program, showing each step necessary in taking blood, will also be shown. Many people have never seen how easy it is to give blood. Cake and coffee will be served to those who attend.

Seven Are Dead In Nursing Home Fire WASHINGTON (UPD — Seven elderly patients burned to death Wednesday in a daylight nursing home fire that a police official said might have been prevented by a metal door. Firemen, police and passersby helped attendants rescue 17 aged patients, 15 of them bedridden. All of the rescued and 16 of those who helped them escape required treatment at hospitals for shock, burns, contusions and smoke inhila tion. Fire Chief Millard H. Sutton said “Thank God it happened in the daytime. We couldn’t have gotten any of them out at night.” He said it was “one of die worst fires in years.” . „ The two-hour blaze occurred in the Mount Vernono Hospital Nursing Home located near two of Washington’s largest hotels. The tragedy might never have occurred, if a wooden door leading to a staircase on the first floor had been made of metal,, according to Homicide Squad Capt. Lawrence Hartnett. He said a metal door probably would have prevented the flames from spreading from a first floor corridor into the stairwell, where they shot up to the fourth floor, trapping the four women and three men who died. Huntington's Fire Chief Dies Suddenly HUNTINGTON, Ind. (UPD — Fire Chief Norbert Ehinger, 60, collapsed and died of a heart seizure today while helping fight a residential fire. ’ Authorities said Ehinger had just arrived at the scene of the blaze at the Charles Krall home about a mile from the business district when he fell. He was dead on arrival at Huntington County Hospital. Ehinger was chief for the, past year and a fireman for 26 years.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, February 2, 1961.

Kennedy Asks Congress Vote Billions For Road To Recovery Programs

MacMillan To Visit Kennedy Early In April WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Kennedy announced today that Prime Minister Harold Macmillan would visit him at the White House during the week of April 2. The White House said that the President welcomed the chance to get acquainted with the British prime minister and to engage in “a general discussion of world problems.” Macmillan thus becomes the first announced head of a foreign government to arrange a visit with the new American President. The White House said Kennedy had invited Macmillan to come here for “informal talks” while the British leader is in this hemisphere on a trip to the Federation of West Indies. White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger said he did not think that Kennedy and Macmillan had met previously. He said details of the visit, such as the exact date and duration, would be announced later. Announcement of the visit was made after Kennedy met with two top military leaders and held his second full Cabinet session. The, President conferred with Gen. Lauris Norstad, commander of North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces, and Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 5 After the half-hour conference with the generals, the Cabinet went into session.

Senate Is Nearing Showdown On Time

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — The Indiana Senate sent to a final showdown in that house today a bill to repeal the 1957 law which establishes “slow” time as uniform legal time for the seven cool months and "fast” time for the five warm months. The bill passed second reading without any attempt to kill it, and is eligible for a vote on passage Friday. If it passes, it then goes to the House. A House joint resolution was introduced which would amend the Constitution to provide for annual instead of biennial sessions of the legislature. Reps. John Coppes, R-Nappanee, and Otto Pozgay. D-South Bend, proposed adding 30-day sessions in even numbered years to consider only budget and revenue measures. Among bills which passed second reading in the House today were thpse which would: —lncrease penalties for illegal possession of narcotics. —lncrease the cost of hunting and fishing licenses from $2.50 to $3 for Hoosiers and $3.50 to $4 for non-residents and use the extra revenue for a pension fund for station conservation officers. —Provide for regulating the dispensing of dangerous drugs. —Memorialize Congress to pass legislation to control floods and prevent soil erosion along the Wabash and Eel Rivers in Cass and Carroll Counties. Among bills which passed second reading in the Senate today were those which would: —Prohibit wage discrimination INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy, windy and -old tonight, with occasional light snow or snow flurries. Lows 3 below sero to 5 above. Highs 15 to 25. Up to 4 inches of snow south portion. Friday partly cloudy with occasional snow flurries, continued cold. Low tonight 10 to 17 north, 12 to 30 south. Outlook for Saturday: Partly cloudy and eokk Snow flurries likely near Lake Michigan.

Temperatures Drop Near Zero In State By U ited Press International T< i neratures dipped near zero in Indiana today in a renewal of the winter’s worst cold spell, but the chill blasts were like gentle zephr breezes compared to the situation exactly 10 years ago. As another “groundhog day” arrived with the mercury slipping to 2 degrees above zero at Fort Wayne and 3 above at South Bend, Hoosiers recalled that on Feb. 2, 1951, the all-time state record cold reading of 35 below zero was recorded at Greensburg. If the groundhog saw his shadow in the early daylight hours today, he had to look for it long and hard. For weather stations all around the state reported cloudy conditions paving the way for a new snowfall , * ' * Forecasts indicated one to three inches of new snow would fall on the southwestern two-thirds of the state today, tonight and Friday, about an inch in central and east cent, cl areas, and lesser amounts in the northern third and eastern strip. Winter’s latest blast also threatened to send temperatures to 5 below to 5 above zero in the north portion and 5 to 12 above elsewhere in the state tonight. Highs Friday will range from 15 to 25, after top temperatures of 15 to 24 are recorded today. The highs Wednesday ranged from 24 at Fort Wayne to 44 at Evansville and 47 at Louisville. Overnight lows today were not all near zero. Lafayette's bottom reading was 9, Indianapolis 10, Louisville 21 and Evansville 25.

because of sex. —Provide 1-5 year prison terms and fines up to SI,OOO for phoning false bomb threats. —Establish a treatment center for emotionally disturbed children in Vanderburgh County and appropriate $500,000. Geneva Teacher Is Given High Award Miss Cathryn Fravel, a Geneva school teacher, received the highest adult award in Girl Scouts, the “Thanks Award.” at the meeting of the Limberlost Girl Scout council in Fort Wayne Wednesday evening. Miss Fravel is the leader of troop 91 in Geneva, and has been since its organization in 1931. During that period she has had more than 300 members in her troop. Five of the original members, including Mrs. Paul Strickler of Decatur, were present at the meeting. Miss Fravel was also presented with a 30-year service award pin at the get-together. Mrs. Flossie Lybarger, of Geneva, was presented with a 20-year service pin, and Mrs. E. E. Rydell, of Decatur, received a fiveyear service pin. Certificates of appreciation were awarded to Mrs. D. Burdette Custer and Mrs. Don Cochran of Decatur, Mrs. Flossie Lybarger of Geneva, the Decatur Daily Democrat, the Berne Witness, and the Geneva Herald. Many other awards and presentations were made, the above being the ones concerning Adams county. Newly elected officers at the meeting are: Mrs. W.T). Dunmire of Fort Wayne, president: Mrs. Stanley Radford of Angola, first vice president: Thomas Henry, treasurer; and Mrs. Hy Goldberg of Huntington, recording secretary. :

WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Kennedy asked Congress today for a miriti-billion-dollar economic “road - to - recovery” program containing increased social security benefits for 4.6 million persons on April 1. In a 7,500-word message to the House and Senate, Kennedy also recommended emergency extension of unemployment benefits, an increase in the minimum wage to $1.25 an hour, faster federal spending on highways and public works and aid for depressed areas. Kennedy announced in the message that unemployment rose another 900,000 in January to bring the estimated number of jobless to 5,400,000. He stressed that unemployment has been rising since last summer and “has reached serious proportions in these rigorous winter months.” The President, who pictured the U.S. economy as sagging badly in a time of world crisis, warned that the slump might get worse • unless Congress swiftly approved nis 12-polnt program. Three-Year Drive “The cannot — and will not—be satisfied with economic decline and slack,” he said in projecting a three-year drive to restore America’s “vigor and vitality.” The Kennedy program would—if approved—soon boost the wages and welfare benefits of millions of Americans and give the economy a massive injection of buying power. The President did not put a 1 price tag on his ahti-recession package. White House officials de- ' clined to estimate its over-all cost but said it would not be above $5 billion. Under the Kennedy program, ; however, expanded social security benefits would be paid for by an increase of one-fourth of 1 per cent in payroll taxes on employers and workers, starting two years from now. Employers covered by the unemployment insurance system would finance the extension of jobless benefits by paying higher taxes starting next Jan. 1. Tax Revision Later In his only reference to income taxes, Kennedy said he expected to recommend revision of these levies soon to provide additional “incentives” for corporate spendi ing on plant and equipment, f He also declared that loss of revenue as a result of any such ■ change would be offset by elimii nation of “several unwarranted • special tax benefits” and more efficient tax collection. There was no elaboration on either point. The new President also promised to fight any inflationary tendencies with “powerful tools” of fiscal and monetary policy. The Kennedy message contrasted sharply with former President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s economic appraisal submitted in mid-Janu--1 ary. The former president said ■ business was operating at “high - levels” and did not recommend ! any crash program to head off a • downward spiral. ' Here are highlights of the .program Kennedy presented to Cons gress: ( Social Security: Increase minimum payment for retired worki ers from $33 to $43 a month, al- . low men to retire at age 62 with reduced benefits, raise payments ’ to 1.5 million widows from 75 to " 85 per cent of their husband’s benefit, and expand disability insurance and liberalize eligibility requirements. 1 Jobless Benefits: Extend duration of benefits up to a federal- ‘ state maximum of 39 weeks to ’ persons who have exhausted ben- • efit rights since last Oct. 31 and • cannot find jobs. Minimum Wage: Increase the • federal floor under wages from $1 • to $1.25 an hour over a two-year . period and extend coverage of the f law to several million additional . workers. , Housing and Public Works: Seek reduction of all mortgage in- . terest rates by lowering the top rate on FHA - insured loans from ’ 5% to 5% per cent. Make similar ’decreases in interest rates , charged cities and towns for pub- ; lie works loans and speedup feder- ’ ally assisted college housing and • urban renewal projects. 1 Aid to Children: Asked revision • of the aid-to-dependent children > program to provide federal aid for (Continued on page eight)

Automation To Cut Millions Os Jobs

WASHINGTON (UPI) — A report to President Kennedy estimates that machines will eliminate 4 million office and clerical jobs in the next five years, it was disclosed today. The forecast was made in a report sent by Rep. Elmer J. Holland D-Pa., to the President to show the impact of automation upon jobs. Holland, a member of the House Education and Labor Committee, said Kennedy encouraged him in December to compile the statistics. He said his report, sent to the White House last week and disclosed to United Press International today, was “by no means complete” because no over-all figures on job displacement by automation were available. Steel Union Member Holland, a member of a Pittsburgh steelworkers union, said in an interview that he decided to make the survey because of “I know what automation is doing in the steel industry.” He has urged the education and labor committee to make a broader study of the effects of automation. Holland’s report, compiled from unions figures, said electronic ma-

Begin Landing Os Passengers

RECIFE, Brazil (UPI) — The hijacked Portuguese liner Santa Maria pulled into the port of Recife today and began landing the exhausted passengers, who had been held captive 12 days. Two ocean-going Brazilian tugs moved alongside the 20,000 - ton liner and a stream of doctors and medical authorities went, aboard to check the condition of the passengers. The first passengers boarded the tugs for transfer to shore where Red Cross ambulances waited to take the more seriously ill to hospitals. Buses were on hand to take the other passengers into the town. The passengers had been held captive by Capt. Henrique Galvao who seized the ship Jan. 22 in a revolt against the government of Portugal. Crew Beats Guard Douglas Patton of Boulder City, Nev., one of the 42 Americans aboard, reported minor disturbances as the landing approached. He said members of the captive crew beat up one Galvao guard. Some of the 350 Portuguese crewmen aboard tried to get ashore before Galvao relented and decided finally to land the passengers. Some talked of diving overboard and swimming to land when Galvao dropped anchor three miles out Wednesday. Brazilian health officers who went aboard to check the 620 passengers found many of them weak. They were the penniless Spaniard immigrants being returned steerage class to Spain at government expense. The Spanish consul here said the Spaniards had been cooped up in foul steerage air in the intense heat of the tropics for days. First class passengers aboard the Santa Maria had been on short rations for several days but today they had ham and eggs for breakfast. End of Odyssey Brazilians crowded heavily guarded Pier No. 2 to see the end of an odyssey which started as a midwinter luxury cruise for many and turned into an epic floating revolution off the Spanish Main. Long lines of cars streamed into the dock area and the ambulances and buses heading toward the center of the city were delayed by solid lines of vehicles. Brazilians on hand for the welcome cheered and sang. The passengers and crew had

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chines eliminated 25 per cent of the nation’s office and clerical jobs in the last five years. Other highlights of his report: —An estimated 160,000 unemployed auto workers in Detroit “will never return to automobile factories due to automation.” Railroads Hit Hard —Employment in the brewing, liquor and soft drink industry dropped 25 per cent in the last 10 years because of mechanization.” —ln New York City alone, automatic elevators replaced 40,000 operators in the last 15 years. —Some 50,000 jobs have been eliminated by automation in radio and television manufacturing over the last 10 years. —One million railroad jobs have been eliminated through mechanization and automation in the last 20 years. —About 33,000 telephone and 80,000 electrical machinery jobs jobs have been displaced by automation since 1953. —ln the steel industry, mechanization has enabled 12 men to produce a ton of steel compared with the 21 men required 20 years ago.

been within sight of land Wednesday when Galvao brought the ship to the harbor mouth and dropped anchor at the three-mile limit marking the edge of international Bedecked with Flags Today Galvao ordered the ship bedecked with all the flags aboard as if for a gala occasion. He hoisted anchor at 9:10 a.m. and the engines slowly swung the ship’s bow from the south Atlantic toward the port of Recife. The Santa Maria steamed to the vicinity of Pier No. 2 and dropped anchor, and again it seemed as if the passengers were to be denied the right to land. Soon afterward the tugs came alongside to begin removal of the passengers. Extend Deadline To Introduce Bills INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — The Indiana House voted today to extend the period for introducing new bills. The deadline was set for Friday by virtue of a rule liimting new bills to the first 30 days of the 61day session except by special permission. House action extended the deadline through next Monday, the same deadline day for introducing new bills in the Senate under terms of a 33-day limitation. Advertising Index Advertiser Page Adams Theater 8 Arnold Lumber Co., Inc " Burk Elevator Co 5 Beavers Oil Service, Inc — 5 Bower Jewelry Store —— 3 Bee Neet Beauty Shop 3 Evans Sales & Service .—.... 5 Fairway - —— • Allen Fleming j — 5 Goodin’s I.G.A. Market 4 Gambles ...... —• 7 Holthouse Drug Co 4 Holthouse Furniture 3, S Hammond Fruit Markets, Inc — 8 Habegger Hardware 8 Miller-Jones .................... 1 G. C Murphy Co ....... 4 Model Hatchery 5 Niblick & Co ................ > L. Smith Insurance Agency. Inc 5 Smith Drug Co .... 3. < Stewarts Bakery — —... • Teeple Truck Line —I